An encouraging body of research shows that making healthy dietary decisions can reduce your risk of developing it in the first place, however.
Regularly eating nuts, for example, has been linked to a lower risk of bowel cancer, one of the most common types of cancer diagnosed in the UK is bowel cancer, reported Sophie Medlin, consultant dietitian and founder of City Dietitians.
The study, published in the Nutrition Journal, monitored 923 colorectal cancer (bowel cancer) patients and 1846 controls (placebo group) recruited from the National Cancer Center in Korea.
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Information on dietary intake was collected using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire with 106 items, including peanuts, pine nuts, and almonds (as one food item).
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Source: Daily Express
